News & events
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Grow Careers Scotland
Wednesday 15 November - 10.30am to 3pm: Grow Careers Scotland is back for 2023! Taking place both online and at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on Wednesday 15th November, the day of seminars by a range of horticulturists covers a broad variety of topical subjects. The event is aimed at anybody who us interested in a career, or further developing their career, in horticulture.
Get Into Volunteering
Wednesday 15 November - 10:30am - 12pm: Attendees will hear from Volunteer Glasgow about volunteering options and the benefits of volunteering.
Girvan Employability Hub Drop In
Wednesday 15 November, 10am to 12pm: Skills Development Scotland, Ayr Centre and South Ayrshire Council, Thriving Communities are working across community hubs during Scottish Careers Week to promote the support they have on offer. If you are looking for work, change career or looking for advice on CV’s or job applications then please pop in at a venue convenient to you.
Perth Careers Centre Drop in Session
Wednesday 15 November - 1pm to 5pm: Find out more about planning your future, advice on how to sell your skills and discover local providers.
Home Educators Network Information Session - Edinburgh College Midlothian Campus
Wednesday 15 November - 1.30pm to 4pm: An SDS/Edinburgh College Information for young people that are educated at home and their parents/carers.
Careers in Publishing with Bookcareers.com
Tuesday 14 November - 4 to 5pm: Publishing Scotland is delighted to partner with Bookcareers.com, the leading UK careers service for the book industry, for a free online Scottish Careers Week event exploring job opportunities in book publishing.
Your next step - SDS Peterhead
Tuesday 14 November - 13.30pm to 15.30pm: Networking event and opportunity for community to meet local providers
Open Doors - Coatbridge Centre (Part of NCL)
Tuesday 14 November, 1.30pm to 3.30pm: Come along and meet local careers advisers and discuss how we can help to support you to identify, plan and build your careers.
In2STEM Student Information Sessions 2024
Tuesday 14 November - 2.30pm to 23.15pm: Find out more about our amazing summer programme for Year 12/S5/S6 (or equivalent) students interested in a career in STEM!
DYW Live: Scottish Careers Week
Education Scotland, e-Sgoil, Founders4Schools and Skills Development Scotland are working in partnership to deliver a range of inspirational talks from a wide range of industry experts through the week. Four 30-minute sessions will run each day between 13-17 November taking place at 9.45, 10.45, 11.45 and 13.45.